Blouse.



W. H. BROOKER. BLOUSE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 22, 1911.

1,043,505. I Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

WITNESSES I nvamon (Q (9? BY I if! ,L

ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cO..wAsHlNaTON, n. c.

UNITED STATIES PA. TENT OFFICE.

BLOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application filed December 22, 1911. Serial No. 667,296.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM H. BnooKnR, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Blouse, of which the following is aspecification.

l/ly invention relates to a garment of the order of a blouse, its objectbeing to adjust the waist of the same.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificarrangement and organization shown and described.

The figure represents a perspective view partly broken away, of a blouseembodying my invention, referring to which A designates a blouse whichexcepting the feature of the invention applied thereto is of usualformation. In the lower end of the blouse or waist line thereof is thehem B within which is the band, tape or strap C, one end of which latteris permanently secured or fastened as at D to said hem on the frontportion E of the blouse. The other end C of said strap opposite to thefastening D, protrudes through the hem on the other front portion F ofthe blouse for which purpose the inner wall of the hem is cut through,forming the outlet or passage G for said string or strap. To the outerwall of said hem on the inner side thereof is secured the button H whichis additional or supplemental to the button J which is secured to theportion E of the blouse and is adapted to be engaged by the button-holeK on the portion F of the blouse whereby the waist of the garment may beheld in closed condition as usual. In the end C of the strap is aplurality of button-holes L either of which is designed to receive thebutton H so as to hold the string or strap C in adjusted position.

The operation is asfollows :The blouse is opened by unbuttoning thefront portions E. F. as usual, when the strap C is accessible, saidstrap-then being drawn out through the passage G, whereby as theopposite end thereof is a fixture as at D, the hem and consequently thewaist of the garment is drawn together or contracted the required extentand so adjusted to the size of the wearer and caused to clroop from thewaist usual in a garment of the kind. hen this is accomplished, thestrap is connected with the button H by placing the proper buttonhole ofthe former on the latter, the effect of which is the immovability of thestrap and the preservation of the adjustment of the waist of thegarment. The end C of the strap may then be tucked under the hem oradjacent portion of the garment, when the front portions E. F. of thelatter are closed and buttoned, the button H being concealed and with itthe end 0 of the strap and the passage Gr of the hem, while to allintents and purposes, the garment is unaffected in appearance whilepossessing the advantages of the adjusting fea tures presented by thestrap, the hem, the auxiliary button and the plurality of button-holesin said strap, the adjustability not being disturbed while the garmentis being worn. It is evident that the loose end C of said strap may befitted on the button H and so prevented from hanging or exposing itself.The blouse may be washed without removing the strap. Furthermore, thestrap will remain buttoned without liability to open under ordinarycircumstances which is not the case with cords that are secured by tyingor knots.

It is manifest that the blouse is designed more particularly to be wornby boys but to this I do not limit myself.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A blouse provided with separated front portions, means for closing thesame and having a hem at the waist portion, a shirr strap freelyoccupying said hem and having one of its ends permanently secured to oneof said front portions of the blouse, an auxiliary button on the otherfront portion thereof, said hem having in the latter named on itself andfastened by either of said pluportion a passage through which the freerality of button holes to said auxiliary butend portion of said strap ismovable, said ton beyond said passage.

end portion of the strap being provided WILLIAM H. BROOKER. Y with aplurality of buttonholes with either Witnesses:

of Which said auxiliary button may be en- JOHN A. EIDERSHEIM,

gaged and being adapted to be looped back N. BUSSINGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

